Members of the MC Republican Central Committee meet quarterly.
All Republicans are welcome!
Next regular meeting is
6:30-8pm at
Welcome!
The Mason County Republican Party will, first and foremost, identify and elect quality Republican candidates and appoint additional Precinct Committee Officers. In addition, we will promote Republican ideals and objectives, coordinate the Mason County Republican Convention and participate in the Washington State Republican Convention.
A Special Message
I would like to invite all Republicans to our annual Lincoln Day Dinner. It will be held 5 PM on Saturday, Feb 27th at The Pavilion at Sentry Park (behind the dealership at 190 W Sentry Drive in Shelton). This is a fun evening to visit with other conservatives. Menu choices at Prime Rib, Salmon and Vegetarian plate and cost $35.00. (New this year is our ability to accept credit cards). Master of Ceremonies will be Mike Siegel, (formerly of KVI and KTTH).Our speaker will be Wayne Perryman, a former newspaper publisher, author, radio talk-show host, recording artist and corporate employment relations consultant. His services include Operation Destitution to feed the poor, Role Models Unlimited to stop gang violence and special projects for inner-city youth. As a community activist, Wayne Perryman has received commendations from members of the US Congress, former Washington State governor, Booth Gardner, and former Seattle Mayor Charles Royer. In addition to this recognition, Perryman's work with children, professional athletes, gang members, and major corporations has resulted in local, national and international media coverage, including Sports Illustrated, Parade Magazine, Sports Illustrated For Kids, Seattle Times, Seattle P.I, The 700 Club, and Italy 's Speak Up Magazine.
Please contact Shirley Fisher at (360) 490-2338, or myself for more information or to make reservations. We hope you can attend and look forward to spending the evening with you.
Sandy Tarzwell, Secretary, Mason County Republican Central Committee
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home: 360 462-1003 --
cell: 480 390-8548
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.—William Pitt
Caucuses.
This year we have pooled the caucus locations, but these are NOT pooled caucuses. Caucus locationsRepublican Senate candidates.
These are the five Republican candidates running against the senator-in-tennis- shoes, Patty Murray. They will be competing in the primary election later this Fall. Take some time to study each candidate and decide which one would best represent you and the people of Washington State. linkRick Ryan (GOP) announces he will run for Mason County Assessor in 2010.
Memorial Day 2009 Picnic.
Community involvement.
Glenn Beck at Safeco Field.
Mason County Republicans were among those who attended an event sponsored by Evergreen Freedom Foundation featuring Glenn Beck. Interviews with the candidates running against Patty Murray.
Steve Beren had the opportunity to interview all five candidates, one on one, no holds barred, spending an average of two hours with each candidate. He has posted articles about each of the five interviews on his blog at RedCounty.com. Here are the links to all five interviews. Chris Widener | Craig Williams | Art Coday | Sean Salazar | Clint DidierHow Are YOUR Representatives Voting?.
Interactive Congressional district map linkLegislature 2010
TrueLobby.
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TrueLobby is a Government Portal that promotes meaningful, efficient dialogue between elected officials and the public they govern. Your Legislators.
Legislative Hotline: 1.800.562.6000Contact your Legislators. Tell them what you think.
The 2010 Regular Session is scheduled to begin on January 11, 2010. The Legislature in action.
The TVW site is a great place to see visually how the process works. I have added a link to a video where HB2669 & HB2708 were being discussed on the floor and a roll call vote was taken on each. View the process on HB 2669 & HB2708 at linkSubmitting testimony/testifying at legislative hearings.
If folks cannot make it to Olympia to testify, they can send their comments/testimony in writing to the committee chair and their legislators. Contact information for legislators can be found here. Committee member information (so folks can find out who to send their comments to) can be found here. Testimony sent in writing should include:For those testifying in-person at a bill hearing.
Make sure your comments are succinct, meaning make your points in 2-3 minutes. Telling a long story or getting sidetracked may mean you get cut off - particularly if there are lots of people signed up to testify. The chair may limit your testimony time to ensure everyone has an opportunity to weigh in on the bill, so be prepared to state your case, give a personal note of the impact of the legislation and whether you support or oppose the bill quickly. I recommend folks that get nervous write out their testimony and read it - again 2-3 minutes max. They can then leave the written script with committee staff so it is kept in the record and all members of the committee will receive a copy from staff. Talking points from business groups and others may be available for folks, which may help folks formulate their messages.Be sure to alert your local legislator that you will be in town to testify.
whether they serve on the committee you will testify in front of or not. You can request a meeting with them that same day and even give them a copy of your testimony. They use your comments to help them formulate how they will vote on bills and can even use it to relay a story from in-district during floor debate. If folks aren't sure who their legislators are, here's a great tool to find out.
Mason County is Right Again
In 2008, the Mason County Republicans delivered Mason County to Dino Rossi, the only County in the Puget Sound region to vote for Rossi, making Mason County truly "the lone yellow in a sea of green."In 2009, Mason County was right again!
Mason County bucked the Statewide trend by voting in favor of Initiative 1033, which would have lowered property taxes by limiting the funds deposited to state, county and city current expense funds to the annual growth in inflation and population.
Mason County also bucked the Statewide trend by rejecting Referendum 71, which asked voters to confirm a law passed by the Legisature granting "everything but marriage" rights to domestic partnerships.
Geography of a Recession
This is a multimedia map of the growing unemployment in the United States. It shows how our economic situation has deteriorated, state by state, starting in 2007 through September 2009. Seems rather chilling...
The Million Patriot March.
Click for a slide show of event photos
Photos courtesy of Mark Gilligan aka. "Marco the Wizard" ToThePointNews.com
The participants paid their own expenses to attend the gathering and protest the administration's radical, draconian policies.
Where do we go from here?.
What can each of us do to continue the effort started by T.E.A. Parties the Million Patriot March? TEA Party 2009
Glenn Beck's 9|12 Project
Our Country Deserves Better
Smart Girl Politics
Read more....
London Daily Mail
Free Republic (Photos)
One News Now
Fox News (Video)
WorldNet Daily
PajamasTV (Video)
Code Red Rally Tuesday 1:30pm Dec 15th US Capitol.
It's time we all stop pretending that what is happening with this Obamacare debate is about "helping the uninsured" or "fixing the healthcare system" or "giving the people what they want." It's about none of those things. Its about amassing as much power in a central government as humanly possible. It's about wealth redistribution. It's social engineering at its absolute worst. link
Olympia T.E.A. Party 2009.
Organizers estimated about 1,000 people attended. Bob Brasso was great doing his impersonation of Thomas Paine. slideshow | Olympia TEA PartyGlenn Beck at Safeco Field.
7000 attended an event sponsored by Evergreen Freedom Foundation featuring Glenn Beck. Seattle TimesTea Party Express.
Lets stand up and stop the bailouts, cap and trade, out-of-control spending, government-run healthcare, and higher taxes! Were back and determined to take our country back! link | Fox NewsTea Party Express in Puyallup.
The fairgrounds was PACKED. Thousands of people. So speakers were set up outside by the buses so the good folks outside could hear. Estimates from officials on hand was that the crowd surpassed 4,000 people. Some estimates place the crowd as high as 5,500 - but my guess is that it was somewhere between 4,500 - 5,000. blog YouTube videos: 1 2 3 4 5Rep. Norm Dicks Health Care Town Hall Meeting.
Patriotic crowd throws 'tea party' in Oak Harbor.
That's Trillions, with a "T".
Here's what your grandchildren will need to pay.clock courtesy http://oddhammer.com/
Housing Bust: Thomas Sowell.
Home Prices Least Affordable Where Gov't Is Most Involved How Little Law From '70s Brought The Financial System To Its Knees
How Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Sank In The Subprime Quicksand
How Congress Ignored Warnings And Stiff-Armed Reform Of GSEs
Support Of Fannie And Freddie: Bipartisan And Beyond Words Excerpts from Sowell's latest book, The Housing Boom and Bust, a chronicle of the biggest economic disaster of our time. Investors Business Daily
A Tax to Grind.
The average tax rate assessed to corporations worldwide has fallen 10 years in a row, but the U.S. isn't driving the trend. Policymakers in the most advanced economy continue to punish their constituents. Investors Business DailyToo Big Not to Fail.
The catastrophe that struck America's financial system in 2008 was ... a failure by government to understand its proper role in markets and the product of an unwise (and unnecessary) abandonment of a sensible system of rules and boundaries that had served American finance well for six decades. linkAmerica's 'Free' Falling Economy.
The latest index of economic freedom shows America falling fast, being ranked for the first time as "mostly free." We've fallen behind Canada, and it's look out below. Investors Business Daily
The Double-D Strategy For Rescuing America .
We don't need guns, we don't need violence in any way to rescue America. We just need to say no. linkAmerican Capitalism Gone With A Whimper.
It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people. This from a Russian newspaper, it looks like it could have possibly come from an American newspaper 40 or 50 years ago. linkPerspective of a Russian immigrant.
Svetlana Kunin, a retired software developer, was a civil engineer in the Soviet Union until 1980 and now lives in Connecticut. I realize how unfortunate it is that many Americans do not understand how fortunate they are. They vote to give government more and more power without understanding the consequences. Investors Business DailyObama Series III: Next, Locusts?.
Obama's policy is a complete failure -- in news stories as well as editorials. linkCult of Personality?.
Obama Youth | School kids sing a Barack Hussein Obama praise song | Channeling the PastAbove the People, In Spite of the People, Not For the People.
PajamasTVUS Welfare Spending.
linkPerspective.
Why Do We Put Our Lives In The Hands Of Those Whose Failures Are Manifest? | Comparisons Of Obama To Carter Are Inapt And Unfair (To Carter)Walesa's Warning.
The champion of Polish freedom tells America it's no longer that shining city on a hill. Investors Business Daily
Which Party should you support?.
Take the Political Challenge and find out.Red State, Blue State. America's Bipolar Disorder.
The voting data, as compiled from the 2000 and 2004 presidential votes and 2000 census data, suggests that the popular media has it pretty much wrong. The Red and Blue narrative is both true and false and we need to recognize the truth in order to dispense with the myths and fallacies. linkSarah Palin.
Vice Presidential Candidate and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on issues of the day. You don't need a title to make a difference. Any ordinary American can seize opportunities to let their voice be heard, to speak up on an issue or a candidate they believe in, and THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. blog | Oprah interview | Richland book signingAn Economic Agenda for the GOP.
The Republican Party today...has to move from a pro-business strategy that defends the interests of existing companies to a pro-market strategy that fosters open competition and freedom of entry. Republicans need to be pro-market, not pro-business. linkRejecting the Evil Eye.
Fear of the envy of others is one of mankinds most deeply primal and pervasive terrors... Envy-avoidance is one of the most basic and primary motivators of human behavior... Socialism can be seen as a desperate attempt to eradicate envy: by forcing everyone to be equal, no one will have grounds for envying others... Liberalism is nothing more than a pose by those afraid of envy. linkThe end of liberalism?.
With its most vigorous advocate in memory presiding in the White House and commanding Democratic majorities in Congress, it's difficult to believe that the end of liberalism may be within sight. We base this suggestion not on a hunch or on wishful thinking, but on mathematics. American Thinker | Washington Examiner
Thomas Sowell On Economics Of Medical Care.
Why Health Care Costs So Much How Quantity Is Influenced By Price Controls
How Payment By Third Parties Distorts Decisions
Costs Of Malpractice Insurance Go Beyond Doctors' Premiums
How Cost Of Drug Development Is Lost On Public and Politicians
How Regulation Of Drug Industry Discourages R&D And Costs Lives
Weighing True Cost Of Delays In The Drug-Approval Process
How Strictest Price Control Of All Restrains A Great Medical Advance
Misconceptions That Mar Medical Care Investors Business Daily
The WSJ Guide to ObamaCare.
A comprehensive collection of editorials and op-eds. Wall Street JournalBlast from the past.
1950s Commercial with Ronald Reagan YouTubeCommon-Sense Health Care Reforms Our Nation Can Afford.
Number one: let families and businesses buy health insurance across state lines. Number two: allow individuals, small businesses, and trade associations to pool together and acquire health insurance at lower prices, the same way large corporations and labor unions do.
Number three: give states the tools to create their own innovative reforms that lower health care costs.
Number four: end junk lawsuits that contribute to higher health care costs by increasing the number of tests and procedures that physicians sometimes order not because they think it's good medicine, but because they are afraid of being sued. GOP
Comprehensive List of Taxes In House Democrat Health Bill.
H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" has been introduced--all 1990 pages of it. This gargantuan beast contains thirteen new tax hikes. Americans for Tax ReformA Breast Cancer Preview.
The mammogram decision is a sign of cost control to come. Wall Street JournalMaking Nightmare Out Of Health Care.
They don't begin to cover everyone Medical costs will soar
Taxes will also go up
Bureaucracy will explode
Health outcomes will worsen
Reform as envisioned is unconstitutional Investors Business Daily
Ask Heritage.
The Reid Compromise Does Nothing to Improve A Very Bad Senate Health Bill
Will Obamacare Be Run from the West Wing?
Why the Personal Mandate to Buy Health Insurance Is Unprecedented and Unconstitutional
A Bad Compromise on a Bad Health Bill
You Will Lose Your Private Health Insurance.
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Sen. James Inhofe: President Obama, Climate Scientists & the U.N. Are Attacking Our Sovereignty .
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